Kent Holaday emails: Got this announcement for a new book from Harvard Business School press and thought you might be interested if you haven’t seen it yet. THIS MONTH’S FEATURE “At a time when our culture is rife with stories about the teenager who spends all his time playing video games, Beck and Wade tell the unorthodox side of the story—it turns out that these ‘loners’ are actually gaining skills valuable to business.” —Dr. Douglas C. Merrill, Senior Director, Information Systems, Google, Inc. The Kids Are Alright: How the Gamer Generation Is Changing the Workplace Think video games are kids’ […]
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Darren Chase Originally uploaded by travelinlibrarian. Don’t miss: http://librarianinblack.typepad.com/librarianinblack/2006/10/il_2006_wikis_f.html So sorry I missed these presentations but glad to have such excellent conference blogging from the LiB. I am very excited that my former employer SJCPL was represented by Maire Kruppa, who spoke about the SJCPL Subject Guides. Well done all! (Photo: Darren Chase wows the crowd)
RSS Identity Crisis – Brian Gray’s Web 2/Library 2.0 Presentation Originally uploaded by mstephens7. Take a look at Brian Gray’s presentation: http://briangray.alablog.org/blog/_archives/2006/10/25/2446127.html Good stuff…great examples!
aaron, michael, jenny Originally uploaded by etches-johnson. After a full day of moderating, how nice to have a glass of wine and catch up with friends. Amanda Etches-Johnson catches Aaron, Jenny and I at the reception! Thanks Amanda.
What Can We Do With Flickr? Originally uploaded by cogdogblog. This cluttered desk represents just a small set of powerful ways you can use flickr. This image has been annotated with “notes”, so as you move a mouse over hotspot areas, pop-up messages will appear, some of them with links that can take you elsewhere. Explore these links to learn some ways you can leverage the power of flickr. Run don’t walk to this Flickr shot and follow the many useful links for ideas and inspiration.
Matt Gullett writes a thoughtful post about making connections in library MySpace classes: http://youthtech.wordpress.com/2006/10/15/myspace-for-parents-pt-2/ I had one very thankful mother of a daughter that has had problems in the past with her MySpace page and usage. They are about to allow her access again and just want to make sure that they know what they are getting into. She seemed to be a very concerned parent that wanted to allow for some freedom and flexibility, but also wanted to keep her daughter safe and honest to who she is. Honest in the sense of things that she was writing and […]
From John at Pop Goes the Library, in his introductory post: http://www.popgoesthelibrary.com/2006/10/hi-everybody-shouted-like-dr-nick.html I currently work as the Young Adult Librarian and Systems Administrator for the Franklin Township Public Library in Somerset, NJ. (I’m also part of the reference staff and the webmaster) I’m pretty new to librarianship–I never worked at a library until I was in my Master’s program, and I just completed the program this last year–so I’m filled with ideas of things that libraries could and should be doing (i.e., better marketing). At some point in my recent past, I worked for science fiction publishers like Tor Books […]
A recent Pew reports gathers some new data and previous publications for a scan of the current state of “Web 2.0:” http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/189/source/rss/report_display.asp “Web 2.0” has become a catch-all buzzword that people use to describe a wide range of online activities and applications, some of which the Pew Internet & American Life Project has been tracking for years. As researchers, we instinctively reach for our spreadsheets to see if there is evidence to inform the hype about any online trend. This article provides a short history of the phrase, along with new traffic data from Hitwise to help frame the discussion. […]
Planning for Now and Then, By Karen Coombs, LJ netConnect — October 15, 2006: http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6375463.html The growth of the read/write web has also influenced strategic directions. New technologies enable anyone to create and publish content to the web. Initially, users mostly published text. However, digital cameras, video cameras, GarageBand, Flickr, YouTube, and a host of other software allow ordinary people to create a variety of content and post it to the web. This dramatically changes the types of software that libraries need to support their computing facilities. For example, the University of Minnesota has made web log software available to […]
PLCMC Technology Summit: Library 2.0 Originally uploaded by mstephens7. One of the best things I’ve seen play out this year in the realm of libraries and librarians trying out some of the new tools as well as picking up some new skills was the Learning 2.0 program at the Public Library of Charlotte Mecklenberg County. Sadly, Michael Casey can’t join us tomorrow for our public library futures track here in Monterey – but the mastermind behind Learning 2.0 is stepping in! See and hear Helene Blowers tomorrow morning at 10:15. And guess what! Like many of the sessions in our […]